Magnesite formation by microbial activity: Evidence from a Miocene hypersaline lake

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 263-264, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-15

  Sanz Montero, M E ^a,b   Rodriguez Aranda J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial entrapment; Bioweathering; Glauberite; Halite; Inclusions; Magnesite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENTRAPMENT; BIOWEATHERING; CARBONATE CRYSTALS; CENTRAL SPAIN; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; EVAPORITES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GLAUBERITE; HOST MATRICES; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; HYPERSALINE LAKES; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL MATS; MICROFOSSILS; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGICAL SIGNATURES; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THIN BED;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BARITE; FERTILIZERS; INCLUSIONS; LAKES; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALS; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE MINERALS;

MAGNESITE;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MAGNESITE; MARL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; MINERALOGY; MUDSTONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MADRID BASIN; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861226252     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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